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lined, and are attached to hobble ring (c) by means of a loop 

 (b). They attach to pastern by buckling. The hobble rings 

 are metal and heavy, and of a special design. The ring (c) 



Fig. 94. Matthias' Hobbles with Safety Lock. 



of the master hobble is attached to the main chain (e) by a 

 safety lock (d). The safety lock makes their removal con- 

 venient. 



Conkey's Self-Locking Buckle Hohhles. 



Figure 95 represents the self -locking buckle hobbles of 

 Conkey. These hobbles were designed by Professer L. L. Con- 

 key and are now very extensively used by veterinarians through- 

 out the world. The principle and most attractive feature of 

 this hobble is the self -locking buckle device (e). These hobbles 

 consist of four double and stitched hobble straps (a) (b) (c) 

 (g). These hobble straps fasten around the pasterns by means 

 of strong buckles. In three of these straps is a metal "D," 

 which carries the main hobble chain (f). This chain itself 

 is 4 feet long and is continued by 6 feet of %-inch rope. The 

 object of this chain is to lock in the flat split spring-tongue of 

 the buckle (e) which is attached to the master hobble strap 

 (g). One end of the chain is also attached by means of a thumb 

 screw (d) to this master hobble. To release the animal this 

 thumb screw (d) is removed. The Conkey master hobble strap, 



